Improvement in meat-safes



A. KNOCHE.

` Improvement in Meat-Safes; No. 115,067, Patentedlvlayzsnan.

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HHHHEIHIZMHHEE UNITED STATES AUGUST KNOOHE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEAT-SAFES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,067, dated May 23,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsr KNocHE, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, haveinvented anew and Improved Meat-Safe;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a verticallongitudinal section of my improved meat-safe taken on the plane of theline rc, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same taken on theplane of the line y y, Fig.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a ventilatin g meat-safe,in which provisions of every kind may in warm Weather be kept for alonger period than if not exposed to such ventilation. The inventionconsists in providing the safe with perforated vertical partitions atthe sides through which air can freely enter and pass, and with a topfine through which the air can escape.

A in the drawing represents the outer box or case of meat-safe. It ismade of wood, metal, or other material, of suitable size and shape,preferably four-sided, as shown. Within the safe are arranged two ormore horizontal partitions, a b, which divide it into two or morechambers, c d, the upper partition, I), forming also an air-passage, e,above the upper chamber, d. One side, f, of the lower chamber, c,

is perforated for the admission of air, and may be protected bywiregauze or otherwise, to prevent flies or other insects from enteringthe chamber throughsaid apertures. Opposite to the side f is set upWithin the safe a perforat ed vertical partition, g, which forms anairpassage, h, on one side of the chamber c. A similar perforatedpartition, t', is set up above the partition a on the side of thechamber d, continuing thereby the air-passage h. A perforated verticalpartition, j, is set up opposite to t' in d, as shown in Fig. l, formingthereby another air-chamber, k, above a. Said airchamber k communicateswith the horizontal air-passage e. B is a lue, extending upward into achimney or atmosphere. Circulation is thus effected through the entiresafe in the direction of the arrows shown in Fig. l-that is to say,through the side f, partitions g, t', and j, and oft' through the flue.Doors l l may be provided for the whole safe, or separately for eachchamber, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new-and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The case A, the meat-chambcrscd, one above the other,and perforated on two sides, combined with the air-chambers h k e andliuc B, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposespecified. AUGUST KNOOHE.

Witnesses:

HEINRICH KLEINHENN, AUGUST NORD.

